Andromedan Spaceport Latest Topicshttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/forum/12-andromedan-spaceport/Andromedan Spaceport Latest TopicsenThe Andromedanshttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/982-the-andromedans/The credibility of the Spaceventure... venture... took another pounding this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in Kickstarter history (what!!!???). It has declined exponentially since 2012, and this Earthling thinks it's time to speak up for the Andromedans, as the most dumbfoundingly—BLAAAAT!!! –and possibly least appreciated duo in the universe.

As long as 32 years ago, when I first started to dream in 16 colors (and articulate in three-word sentences), I witnessed things you humanoids wouldn't believe: I saw defense shields guarded in breathing fire on the outskirts of Daventry; I watched fairy godmother rings glitter with a spark off the town's outskirt plains. Well, who rushed in with Ken Williams' money to save us from the GERSH FERSAK'N MONOTONOIZ known as every mainstream, genre-exhausting 'safe effort' at winning the publics' hearts (and BUCKAZOIDS!!)? The Andromedans did, that's F.A.Q.'n who!

They unleashed a swarm of re-hydrated space monkeys, door-to-door insurance salesman clones, the Sariens, and the Gippazoid. Today, the bottom inches (in hand) of the mobile land is 5 (FIVE!) and no one has lent a neuron to break us out. The Milky Way, Caladan, and to a lesser extent, Pluto, were yanked out of the monotony of medieval fantasy by the Andromedans who poured in buckazoids upon buckazoids (of Ken Williams' money) and risked other buckazoids in lawsuit threats. No players today are even paying any interest to the potential (latent... maybe) these "Guys" still have for the Milky Way.

When Earnon was in danger of flushing down the black hole that would have become of its star in 2908, it was Roger Wilco who stopped it up (thanks to the Andromedans), and his reward was to be insulted and dwindled on the XOS 4. And I was there--I played that. When distant worlds are hit by otherworldly shakedown, it's the Andromedans that hurry in to help. Cluck Y'egger, SpaceVenture is one of the most recent examples.

So far, this year, the gaming community has been apathized with 19 flops. The Andromedans have come to help.

Now, I'd like to see just one of those worlds that is gloating over the corrosiveness of the Andromedan buckazoid build its own Mallard. Come on now, you; let's hear you craft your own, memorable dialogue lines. Does any world in the cosmos have a ship to equal the Deltaur, the Goliath, or the SCS Heinz 57? If so, why don't they warp them? Why do all intergalactic lines except Kerona serve Andromedan Draft? Why does no other galaxy in the cosmos even consider putting a man or a woman (or one of ‘dem Spiny Alien Thangs) into orbital bungee jumping?

You talk about Arakeen technocrazoiz and you get the peculiar groove. You talk about Delta Burksilonian technocrazoiz and you get over-developed hair dryers. You talk about Andromedan technocrazoiz and you find Spiny Alien Thangs going to the moon with you, not once, but several times, and safely home again (if you remembered to "save the game early and often"). You talk about scandals and the Andromedans put theirs right on Kickstarter's page for everybody to look at--so what's the problem...? Even the buckazoid bilkers are not pursued and hounded. They're right here in our systems in the G6. Most of them, unless they're breaking Xenonian laws, are getting Andromedan buckazoids from Ma and Pa at home to spend over here.

When the Andromedans get out of this bind--as they will--who could blame them if they said "the Hogz Azz Nebula with the rest of the universe. Let somebody else craft the game. Let somebody else excavate and create Pinkunz quarries, or design alien life forms that won't otherwise appear in fan games. When the spaceways of Earnon, the Milky Way, and... Poultra... were breaking down from space decay, it was the Andromedans who rebuilt them. When the Pestulonian Wormhole was broken by the New Sequel Police (er... will have been broken), nobody'll BLATZ'n near go near it--except for the Andromedans.

I can name to you 7 times when the Andromedans delegated aid to the help of other life forms in trouble (okay, so on one of these occasions it was to the help of themselves... so give them a break already, yeesh!) Can you name to me even one time when someone else raced to the Andromedans in trouble (not counting the one time when they themselves wrote someone else to race to their own aid! Ok, so admittedly "race" is hardly the word)? I don't think there was outside help even during the D.U.D. planetshake.

Our 'Guys' have faced it alone, and I'm one Earthling who is the PLEIADES sick of hearing them kicked around! They'll come out of this thing with their snouts thumbed high. And when they do, they're entitled to flaunt however many lindecs of flanger are observed in their species at all those worlds that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Earth is not one of these. But there are many smug, self-righteous Earthlings.

And finally, the Andromedan Cinematron was told at its 29th Annual Hogscar Awards, this morning, that it is broke.

This year's delays--with the years' delays preceding it--has taken a toll on our patience. And nobody, but nobody, will help.

But the Andromedans will.

]]>982Fri, 30 Nov 2018 07:46:45 +000010,809 backers pledged $539,767 to help bring this project to life.https://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/964-10809-backers-pledged-539767-to-help-bring-this-project-to-life/
At the ripe old age of 37, it's not too far back for me to remember being sat in my office aged 32 daydreaming about my $125 reward tier. The big box it will come in ("Think SQ4 Size"), The stellar soundtrack from Ken Allen and more intergalactic fun, humour and puzzles from my favourite game designers, The Two Guys From Andromeda.

I know that there are at least 10,000 people out there that felt the same back then, and a considerable number like me that still do now.

I'm the optimist's optimist, A Mr "glass half full" and "tomorrow's another day" kinda fella. But even I feel a tinge of sadness now every time I play Space Quest.

"It's been so long" I despair.

"Has everyone else given up except me?" I wonder.

So this is a call to arms to my fellow Kickstarter contributors... Let us reignite our commitment to this game!

And to Mark, Scott, Chris and the rest of the SpaceVenture team, I know you've put your heart and souls into this game and just want you to know that we won't give up as long as you don't. Let's make this happen!

]]>964Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:20:32 +0000Space Questers on Twitterhttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/615-space-questers-on-twitter/While we were riding the ultimate frontier by communicating via message boards in the late 90's, times have changed and attention spans have decreased even further. I'm not one to complain, though; as much as I love this board, I also love social media and especially Twitter, because it enables me to jump in and out of conversations I wasn't even invited to and meet new people in the process.

And, forgive me for saying this, but Twitter is really where the Space Quest action is at the moment. Scott Murphy is on almost every day, talking to fans and muttering some crazy stuff about Formula 1 cars. You can count on at least a couple of interesting tidbits about Space Quest, Sierra adventures or just nostalgic gaming in general. Oh, and we shouldn't forget the official news from the Guys From Andromeda also gets filtered through their joint Twitter profile.

So there was some muttering in the corners about maybe we should make a list of those prominent tweeters who are also in on the fun. Maybe this will inspire other people to join Twitter, snoop around and join in.

Right, so -- before I post this as a news article or a sub-page, I want to let you guys pitch in, because I'll almost certainly forget someone and it'll make me slap myself in the forehead and I'll grow a bruise and none of the other forest animals will ever play with me again. So, er, here's a list of people I check in on and annoy on pretty much a daily basis:

Well, first and foremost, Scott Murphy. He's the most active Guy From Andromeda on Twitter, no contest. Not only does he tweet multiple times daily, he also takes time out to respond to fans and join in on some seriously warped conversations.

"The other" Guy From Andromeda, Mark Crowe (I bet he's gonna love being called "the other guy"), is also on Twitter. It's fair to say he's not as into it as Scott is, but the Space Pope is frequently prodding him to do some updates. Mark seems to prefer writing on the svrewards.com site.

Jess Morrissette, a.k.a. Decaffeinated Jedi, a.k.a. the guy who started The Virtual Broomcloset, a.k.a. the guy I never get tired of introducing. He threw himself into Twitter because of the SpaceVenture Kickstarter and, blessed be his kind soul, never left.

@Frederik_Olsen

Olzen's here. Yes, Olzen's here. I'm going to duck now because I sense Ferde's about to slap me. Anyway, Fred's one of the most active Space Questers on Twitter, regularly retweeting what's going on around the Wilcoverse. If you sort of want the cliff's notes for what we're doing, Fred's usually a good bet.

If Fred's not on the case, then chances are, someone minding the official SpaceQuest.net Twitter is. Most of the times, it's pcj and me doing the tweeting, but I know Brandon and some other peeps have the key to this playground.

@BrandonBlume

Speaking of Brandon, there he is. Music virtuoso extraordinaire. Don't know Brandon? He did that fantastic 8 minute heavy metal medley of Space Quest IV that I won't shut up about.

@JamesMulvale

Better get Mulvale in there, now that we're on musicians. Don't know James? He did that fantastic cover album of the Space Quest III soundtrack that I won't shut up about.

@pcjtulsa

Thought I'd forget about you, huh, Patrick? Nah, just slipping you in here next to the musicians. Maybe the fumes will help brighten your day.

My good friend and long-lost writing partner, Daniel Stacey, is also here and still feeling his way around. But I am actively prodding him to get more involved by relentlessly tagging him whenever I get the chance, and you should, too.

Speaking of people who get mushy easily, er... well, Anatoly doesn't. But he's a hardcore DOS gaming enthusiast who has his daily #MorningDOSTalk, which is almost ALWAYS derailed into a discussion on adventure games by us Space Quest fans.

Germany represented by the unstoppable force of Christian Giegerich. During the Kickstarter, Chris and I used Tumblr and Twitter to create the Death Of The Day Calendar (deathoftheday.tumblr.com) which we thought was hilarious. Chris also did the intro animation for the new SQ Historian videos that you haven't seen yet.

Ken Allen, musical maestro of Space Quest IV and Space Quest I VGA -- and now also the SpaceVenture, is on Twitter, promoting his Under The Half Dome project and being very responsive and kind to fans.

Colin Davis is here. Well, isn't he everywhere? The man at the helm of www.sq7.org brings his wisdom to us -- but of course most of his tweets are about programming, so it's kind of like reading a foreign language.

An absolute miscarriage of justice was carried out when Conrad wasn't mentioned on this list. This wrong has now been righted. Conrad tweets about SpaceVenture, Sierra stuff and not much else, really, bless him.

The gal wrote her own bio, so I'll just let her at it: "If you wanna follow the original hero of the Adventure Game Revival Movement, head on over and follow @Intendant_S." Well, you heard her. Say "yes, ma'am!"

]]>615Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:44:03 +0000What's up with SpaceVenture?https://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/791-whats-up-with-spaceventure/Why are no news there in the site?

When'll it be done?

]]>791Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:09:52 +0000Where is my pledge?https://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/960-where-is-my-pledge/
I pledged for this game in 2012 on kickstarter.

I just remembered about this game tonight so I wanted to check on my pledge but I cant seem to find anything about my pledge. I looked on KS and it only has my 1 other KS pledge from recent. I tried looking here: https://guysfromandromeda.com and I dont even see a login or anything. I know in the past I logged in somewhere to look at my pledge and account but Im missing it somewheres.

Any help,info or links where I should be looking?

I also looked here but see nothing about a pledge amount or really anything game related.

]]>960Tue, 23 Jan 2018 04:28:16 +0000Ideas for SV Box Designhttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/954-ideas-for-sv-box-design/Had an idea after posting in the other thread of discussing what you think (or would like) the SV box cover would look like. They've said that it'll be similar in style to Space Quest IV's big box so I'm guessing something like those dimensions. I recently received my Broken Age big box for my Kickstarter reward and it was made to resemble the DOTT box and the LA boxes of old with the border, logo in the bottom center, etc. I wonder will the SV box resemble an old Seirra box? What would you want from it? Something resembling the SQ1 black box? Or maybe one of the "Roger Wilco in..." later SQ boxes? Or a brand new design?]]>954Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:28:38 +0000Your SpaceVenture App store submissions go here!https://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/931-your-spaceventure-app-store-submissions-go-here/SpaceVenture will feature an in game App store(parody) that Ace can go to in order to get a couple of different apps that will help him solve certain puzzle elements in the game. We are holding a small contest that everyone can submit ideas/artwork for, and possibly get your contributions added to the game and your name in the credits!

Here is a look at our app store as it is right now:

You all probably have smartphones or tablets, so you can probably think about some of the things that have made you laugh(or cry) in dealing with those app stores over the years. We would love to use(steal) your ideas!

To enter the contest, you'll need the following:

A funny app name

A humorous description for your app

A square logo(512x512 minimum)

(Optional) A couple of fake reviews of the app

What do you win if your idea gets selected?

Your idea/artwork gets used in the game

Your name in the credits of the game

The envy of everyone in the Andromedan galaxy

Where do you submit this?

Reply with your submissions to this thread. We also ask you to post about it on twitter and/or Facebook. Tag us in the post, and we'll Like/Favorite it!

We don't have a set contest deadline just yet, but don't wait too long!

]]>931Sat, 06 Feb 2016 23:17:51 +0000Something that DOES worry me...https://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/754-something-that-does-worry-me/I'll be blunt (it's not like I'm capable of being anything else): All the locations so far have been extremely dull, uninteresting and utterly unappealing. The pipes scene video should serve as a pretty good example.

I challenge anyone to make this room interesting! Seriously, I'm willing to bet money that not even Josh Mandel could come up with funny replies for this room. The demo rubbed me the wrong way for exactly the same reason. The rooms don't look like cool places you('d want to) explore, but seeem to serve no other purpose than being thinly veiled, crappy puzzles.

The absurd thing is that the graphics don't even look half-bad. It's just that the locations themselves couldn't be any more bland and uninteresting.

]]>754Sun, 06 Apr 2014 21:53:04 +0000To Gary Owens voice match, or not to Gary Owens voice match, that is the question..https://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/930-to-gary-owens-voice-match-or-not-to-gary-owens-voice-match-that-is-the-question/Hey everyone, I wanted to put a feeler out there. We've been talking about who we wanted as our narrator for SpaceVenture since the unfortunate fact that the legendary Gary Owen's has passed away.

The question I have for you guys is this. How do you feel about us finding a Gary Owens voice match? In other words, this would be an actor that can match Gary Owens as closely as possible. I know no one can truly replace the man with the golden pipes, but there are people out there that can match him pretty closely.

So what are your thoughts? Would you guys like a voice match for SpaceVenture, or someone else with another unique voice? We've got some people in mind that could do that as well.

Anyway, please let me know your thoughts

Thanks everyone!

]]>930Sat, 06 Feb 2016 02:52:48 +0000Space Quest Historian Season 3https://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/845-space-quest-historian-season-3/The time has come to plan season 3 of the podcast. These past two seasons, there hasn't really been much of an overarching theme. I tried going for a bit of "x vs y" theme in season 2, and season 1 was just all over the place. For season 3, my idea is to stick to the style of the past season with me droning on about "today's topic," followed by whatever amount of guest contributions have come in that week. But what should those topics be?

Our very own drdrslashvohaul had some good suggestions, such as ...

- Broader sci-fi/comedy tropes, and how Space Quest fits into those.

I like this one. It could feasibly be the theme of the entire season, actually, with each episode focusing on a different established trope and how it relates to Space Quest / SpaceVenture.

- Technology focus. Beaming, instant mail novelty items, cloning ...

This one also tickles my fancy -- bringing some of the more obscure tech-things into focus and trying to make sense of them. Even though I'm pretty sure most of them were just thought up on the spot. And it's not even clearly explained how most of these things work. But it'd be a good excuse to crowdsource some input from fans, e.g. "which doohickey was your favorite", etc.

And then, of course, I have my own desires for season 3.

- More Chuck Clusterbluck. (Kinda sad that Chuck only made one appearance in season 2. Tom has a truly grand epic plot arc planned.)

- More Pete Toleman. (Gotta keep Gareth occupied before he jumps ship and simply goes off and does his own Pete Toleman podcast.)

- More SteveBot. (Thinking of doing a plot arc for SteveBot.)

- More "Lucky Corner" with Alan Luckachina.

- Introducing CyberCedric. CyberCedric wants to bring the universe to its knees, but he's stuck in my room for some contrived reason, so now all he can do is make Borg-esque/Purple Tentacle-esque degrading comments about humanity and his own superiority. (I'd love to get the guy who actually voiced Cedric to do this, but, barring that, I'd need to find an impersonator. You can put your hand down now, Frederik!)

- Something to keep us musically occupied. We've already done SQ4 (season 1) and SQ3 (season 2). I'd love to get in touch with Tim Clarke and Chris Stevens, the dudes who did SQ5's music, but I have no idea how. That would also give me an excuse to pester Ken Allen into talking a bit more about the lost SQ5 soundtrack that he did.

- I'd love to hear more about the "behind the scenes" work of the artists, programmers and producers of the games themselves. People we haven't heard from yet. For instance, talking to SQ4CD's producer Dan Carver about the many changes between disk and CD (if he can remember why they did so).

Any more suggestions, or something or someone you would like to see-- well, hear about/from in season 3, please feel free to fire them my way!

As for when season 3 will rear its ugly head? I'm thinking March at the earliest. Might be April. I won't know until I've planned the season and got people on board, will I?

]]>845Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:25:17 +0000Help us come up with some hilarious meal names for Taco Nova!https://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/841-help-us-come-up-with-some-hilarious-meal-names-for-taco-nova/Hey everyone! Your friendly neighborhood SpacePope here. We hope everyone is excited about the latest SpaceVenture update (Click here to view). Not that the Two Guys are out of hilarious ideas, but we thought it would be fun to get the community involved on this. We'd like your ideas for funny content for Taco Nova. In fact, if your ideas are good, we might even steal appropriate them for use in SpaceVenture!

]]>841Sat, 03 Jan 2015 02:47:33 +0000"We Want a New Space Quest Game" Facebook grouphttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/875-we-want-a-new-space-quest-game-facebook-group/Ryan Nicotera has created a Facebook group called "We Want a New Space Quest Group."

The purpose of the group is to show the rightsholders to Space Quest that there is still a vast interest in continuing the series. With The Odd Gentlemen's King's Quest reboot coming out soon, and hopefully being quite successful, the hope is that Sierra Games (owned by Activision) will be looking to revive the Space Quest brand next.

If that happens, it is of course imperative that The Two Guys From Andromeda are involved, and not (no offense to TOG) a completely unrelated indie developer. The Guys are already indie developers now, with their own indie studio!

So, do consider joining the group, just to show Sierra Games/Activision that there is a great number of fans who want a new Space Quest. Think of it like signing a petition or something. Who knows, it may do nothing to prove anything. Maybe Sierra Games/Activision are already painfully aware of how much we want a new SQ game. Who cares. It can't hurt, can it?

]]>875Tue, 28 Jul 2015 13:18:42 +0000Please vote to have the Cluck Yegger game greenlit on Steamhttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/905-please-vote-to-have-the-cluck-yegger-game-greenlit-on-steam/Hey everyone! We just got Cluck Yegger in Escape From The Planet of the Poultroid published up on Steam Greenlight. We would absolutely love it if you guys would vote yes to have the game greenlit. Any help spreading the word would be amazing as well.

]]>847Fri, 13 Feb 2015 23:28:20 +0000Those Josh Mandel SpaceVenture Commercialshttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/874-those-josh-mandel-spaceventure-commercials/Really did it for me! Hilarious. Just what I needed this evening.

Still can't wait 'til the game is released! A real shame it wasn't in time for Father's Day this year (planning on getting an extra copy for my dad). Well, there's Christmas, I suppose.]]>874Fri, 17 Jul 2015 05:54:44 +0000Walking Speed of Character? Option for Quick Pace is Desirablehttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/760-walking-speed-of-character-option-for-quick-pace-is-desirable/Not sure if this has been discussed, but I believe it is an important consideration.

What is something many of us do as soon as we start certain adventure games? Turn up the character's walking speeds, right? Who wants to sit and wait while a character lumbers from one side of the screen to the next, over and over?

I was recently playing Moebius (disappointing product from a developer who apparently struggled technically to make the game work, but no need to get into that here), and I found it annoying how slowly the main character walks around and performs many actions. Even in tense scenes, where the character's safety is at risk, he still strolls around as if he hasn't a care in the world.

My suggestion for SpaceVenture: definitely give us the option to make the playable character run/jog whenever we want, rather than simply walk.

]]>760Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:33:17 +0000Frequently Asked Questions about SpaceVenturehttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/863-frequently-asked-questions-about-spaceventure/Here are some frequently asked questions, and their answers, regarding the SpaceVenture project. Answers provided are collected from published announcements on Kickstarter or elsewhere. A lot of the answers come from the January 1, 2015 update.

Q: When is the game coming out?When it's done. The current ETA is sometime during this year. Update on ETA will be provided once available.

Q: Is the SpaceVenture team broke?

Nope, still not broke and they are doing just fine in that department. Money is set aside to pay voice actors, artists, etc., as well as reward fulfillment once the time comes.

Q: How far along is the game?

The second third of the game is mostly up and running and the team is moving along with the final third of the game.

Q: Is the project moving faster than it was?

Yes. Most of the core engine programming is in place making implementing new scenes a lot quicker and simpler. So, programming is no longer holding up the project as much - most of the delay is in the creative aspects: art, design, etc, which is difficult to rush.

Q: When will the Kickstarter rewards ship?

The rewards will ship around the time that the game ships.

Q: My address has changed since I pledged to this project. How do I let the team know for rewards shipping purposes?

Info on that will be sent out when the time comes to ship rewards.

More questions and answers will be added as they are encountered.

]]>863Sun, 17 May 2015 02:55:45 +0000I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more... updates?https://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/836-ive-got-a-fever-and-the-only-prescription-is-more-updates/Just an all around question really, but has anyone heard anything from the Two Guys camp? I hate reading the comments in the kickstarter threads but, some times when Backers comment on things like to much time has past or finances have run dry it is a bit un-nerving to say the least. Don't get me wrong, I have trust that they have an omnipotent plan at work, but please forgive me, I just have this festering itch of curiosity that needs some scratching. And please, no sophomoric jokes about proscribing pant loads of anti-itch creams/topicals or the like, I know some of you won't be able to resist though.

I guess it's quite obvious from the fact that no digital versions are provided with the $100 Big Box Version, but as another project (imho ) totally messed that up:

Will the Big Box contain the DRM free versions for Linux, Mac and Windows?

]]>849Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:30:06 +0000101 uses for a frosty cup of Soylent Smootheehttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/735-101-uses-for-a-frosty-cup-of-soylent-smoothee/Hey everyone! We'd love for you to help us come up with 101 uses for a frosty cup of Soylent Smoothee! Some of the best lines might just get mentioned in SpaceVenture itself

Just wanted to drop in and let you guys know that season 2 of my silly little podcast is up and running. This first episode I've got Bob Siebenberg, James Mulvale and Jess Morrissette in the house. And if you don't listen I will continue to speak in wildly inappropriate 90's white rapper lingo until you do.

Almost time for a new update? Please provide more information about the interface, if possible. How has it changed since the demo?

Also, could we see more footage of gameplay?

Please make this a "meaty" update. :-)

]]>828Fri, 21 Nov 2014 06:30:17 +0000Superfan Hangout Threadhttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/531-superfan-hangout-thread/There's been some talk in the Twittersphere lately about rekindling the long-lost art of the Superfan Hangout on Google+. So I'm gonna throw this one out in the open and see if we can't collectively cook up something special.

For instance, what should we do? At the first Hangout, we played Space Quest. At our second Hangout, we played the fan games. (Well, we tried, anyway.)

I had the suggestion of using G+'s "shared sketchpad" function, where we could post pictures and draw a nice little tribute to The Two Guys. (Fred's worried that it'll devolve into a penis-drawing competition. I hope we can show a bit more class than that. )

We could also do a roundtable thing where we show off some of our Space Quest skills. Like, if we got Kevin Wallace in the room, we could turn the spotlight on him for 10 minutes so he could show off his mad Astro Chicken skills. Or we could all watch in awe as PCJ speedruns SQ3 in 6 minutes without dying. Or we could take turns to see who could beat the Skate-O-Rama in the fastest time. Maybe a Skimmer challenge. Just off the top of my head here.

And then there is the question of guest stars. Who could we conceivably get to hang out with us, and who would you most like to hang out with?

Having Scott Murphy in the first Hangout was a real treat, and one I know we would all like to see repeated. We tried to get Mark Crowe to drop by the second Hangout, and he was up for it, but couldn't make it due to, you know, making the SpaceVenture.

I would personally love to see The Space Pope drop by and shoot the breeze with us fans, since he's just as obsessed a fan as we are. Having big fan personalities like Vonster D Monster in there, or a reappearance from Chris Ushko, would be really ace as well.

As for us fans, I would dearly love to see Kevin Wallace (Astro Chicken FAQ writer), or Chris Geroux (creator of Eureka Trash Pickup, Pinkunz on Patrol and Orat Soccer), or Christian Giegerich (German superfan extraordinaire). And I know Irishmile is jumping at the chance.

There is also the small matter of when, exactly, we could have this glorious "reunion."

By and large, everything's up in the air. Let me know what you think.

]]>531Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:13:22 +0000IGN SpaceVenture interviewhttps://forum.guysfromandromeda.com/topic/807-ign-spaceventure-interview/IGN posted a new interview today with the Two Guys, discussing all things SpaceVenture. There isn't really a lot here that we don't already know from the podcast that ran during the Kickstarter, or Chris Pope's more recent updates, but it's a good read nevertheless.

(Three cheers to Christian Giegerich for the perty, perty logo he made out of Mark Crowe's Historian-portrait!)

The first episode features illustrious veteran alumni Jess Morrissette talking about how The Two Guys invented the adventure game arcade sequence; and illustrious veteran alumni Frederik Olsen talking about how there actually were some of the Space Quest music that sounded better on an old AdLib than with the MT-32.

But more than that, there's also the "Braying From the Masses" segment: Like I say in the podcast, I wanna hear from you guys. 'Cos it's talk radio and what better way to create total utter chaos than by letting you guys go all Fraiser-call-in on me.

The topic for this week's episode was "what games were delayed, but not worth the wait? What games were delayed, but TOTALLY worth the wait? And what games came out when promised, but you wish they could've used a bit more time in the polish department?"

Send me your answers -- you have answers, right? -- preferably in audio form, if you want to immortalize your own voice on the podcast. You can also leave a message here, and the most intriguing ones will get read on-air (most likely in a silly voice, so I'd get those microphones dusted off if I were you ).

If you wanna keep your answer/input/response/whatever a "secret," you can always e-mail me your mp3 at troels@pleimert.dk.

Oh, and if you just want to leave a comment about how crappy you think the podcast is (or, conversely, if you somehow perversely enjoyed it), go ahead. I can take it.

The next episode comes out in two weeks, which is October 30th -- the day before Halloween (and coincidentally my birthday, ugh). Ain't that funny? If you guys wanna send me some scary tales of space Halloweeny stuff, too, feel absolutely free!